Manager Simpson also confirmed that the club may have seen Aristote Nsiala's last appearance in a Macclesfield shirt as he loan has now expired.

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"Things are going really well, " said Begovic, who had loan spells at Macclesfield, Yeovil, Bournemouth and Ipswich during his four years at Portsmouth.

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Macclesfield striker Michael Husbands, 24, has signed until the end of the season, after a successful loan spell.

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